CSX Freight Conductor Final Exam
(200 Questions) Questions with Solutions
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1. How do you test if hand brakes are sufficient?
A) Pull test with 50 lbs of force
B) One Minute Brake Test
C) Visual inspection only
D) Release all air and roll test
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
2. What must you do if a hazardous shipment is not properly prepared for
transport?
A) Notify the shipper and wait
B) Move it to the rear of the train
C) Do NOT accept, pull, or allow it to continue in transportation
D) Document it and proceed at restricted speed
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
3. Who do you notify if a hazardous shipment is not properly prepared for
transport?
A) Only the train dispatcher
B) Customer service, train dispatcher, or supervisor
C) The FRA and local police
D) The mechanical department only
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
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,4. What is an acceptable shipping document?
A) Handwritten cursive waybill
B) Verbal radio transmission only
C) Radio Waybill (hand-written, printed not cursive)
D) Text message from shipper
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
5. When are radio waybills required?
A) Every time a train departs
B) To correct an existing document, when no document is present, or when
entries are missing
C) Only for hazmat cars
D) Only at night
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
6. Who do you contact to generate a radio waybill?
A) Mechanical department
B) Customer service
C) Dispatcher or supervisor
D) Car repair clerk
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
7. Except in yards or terminals, clearance-impacted shipments must be authorized
by whom?
A) The conductor
B) The shipper
C) Clearance Bureau
D) Mechanical department
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
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,8. When moving a clearance-impacted shipment, how must it be positioned?
A) At the rear of the train
B) In the middle of the train
C) So the crew can observe it
D) Behind the locomotives only
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
9. Before picking up a clearance-impacted shipment on line-of-road, receive
instructions from:
A) The shipper
B) Clearance Bureau
C) Yardmaster
D) Another train crew
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
10. Which doors must be closed and latched BEFORE DEPARTING?
A) Cab doors only
B) Box car doors and bottom discharge doors
C) Locomotive cab doors
D) End-of-train device door
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
11. What end of a car has the hand brake?
A) A-end
B) B-end
C) Both ends always
D) Center of car
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
12. If there is a hand brake on both ends of the car, how are they identified?
A) By color of the brake wheel
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, B) A & B end stenciled on the car
C) Left side / Right side only
D) No identification required
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
13. Where must you NOT place auto-rack cars?
A) Behind locomotives
B) Behind cars containing coal, gravel, or sand
C) In the middle of the train
D) Next to empty flatcars
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
14. What commodity must not be placed in front of or behind auto-rack cars?
A) Lumber
B) Steel coils
C) Shiftable commodity
D) Intermodal containers
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
15. What two things are required before accepting hazardous material?
A) Waybill and inspection tag
B) Acceptable shipping documents and acceptable emergency response info
C) Verbal approval and blue flag
D) Load securement certificate and seal number
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
16. Which document shows the position of hazardous material on a train?
A) EC-1
B) CT-168
C) Blue card
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(200 Questions) Questions with Solutions
Newest |MCQs| Already Graded A+
1. How do you test if hand brakes are sufficient?
A) Pull test with 50 lbs of force
B) One Minute Brake Test
C) Visual inspection only
D) Release all air and roll test
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
2. What must you do if a hazardous shipment is not properly prepared for
transport?
A) Notify the shipper and wait
B) Move it to the rear of the train
C) Do NOT accept, pull, or allow it to continue in transportation
D) Document it and proceed at restricted speed
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
3. Who do you notify if a hazardous shipment is not properly prepared for
transport?
A) Only the train dispatcher
B) Customer service, train dispatcher, or supervisor
C) The FRA and local police
D) The mechanical department only
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
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,4. What is an acceptable shipping document?
A) Handwritten cursive waybill
B) Verbal radio transmission only
C) Radio Waybill (hand-written, printed not cursive)
D) Text message from shipper
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
5. When are radio waybills required?
A) Every time a train departs
B) To correct an existing document, when no document is present, or when
entries are missing
C) Only for hazmat cars
D) Only at night
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
6. Who do you contact to generate a radio waybill?
A) Mechanical department
B) Customer service
C) Dispatcher or supervisor
D) Car repair clerk
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
7. Except in yards or terminals, clearance-impacted shipments must be authorized
by whom?
A) The conductor
B) The shipper
C) Clearance Bureau
D) Mechanical department
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
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,8. When moving a clearance-impacted shipment, how must it be positioned?
A) At the rear of the train
B) In the middle of the train
C) So the crew can observe it
D) Behind the locomotives only
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
9. Before picking up a clearance-impacted shipment on line-of-road, receive
instructions from:
A) The shipper
B) Clearance Bureau
C) Yardmaster
D) Another train crew
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
10. Which doors must be closed and latched BEFORE DEPARTING?
A) Cab doors only
B) Box car doors and bottom discharge doors
C) Locomotive cab doors
D) End-of-train device door
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
11. What end of a car has the hand brake?
A) A-end
B) B-end
C) Both ends always
D) Center of car
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
12. If there is a hand brake on both ends of the car, how are they identified?
A) By color of the brake wheel
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, B) A & B end stenciled on the car
C) Left side / Right side only
D) No identification required
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
13. Where must you NOT place auto-rack cars?
A) Behind locomotives
B) Behind cars containing coal, gravel, or sand
C) In the middle of the train
D) Next to empty flatcars
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
14. What commodity must not be placed in front of or behind auto-rack cars?
A) Lumber
B) Steel coils
C) Shiftable commodity
D) Intermodal containers
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : C
15. What two things are required before accepting hazardous material?
A) Waybill and inspection tag
B) Acceptable shipping documents and acceptable emergency response info
C) Verbal approval and blue flag
D) Load securement certificate and seal number
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - : B
16. Which document shows the position of hazardous material on a train?
A) EC-1
B) CT-168
C) Blue card
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